Michelle Wille
@DuckSwabber
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Avian influenza & avian virome ecology | "Expert in Ducks" - spam mail | "Walking encyclopedia for avian influenza" - CVdS | (she/her)
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined February 2014
A newly identified Duck orbivirus as the etiological agent of egg-production decline in Chinese breeder ducks https://t.co/q3tKjgUSV7
#biorxiv_micrbio
biorxiv.org
The genus Orbivirus comprises double-stranded RNA viruses, many of which are transmitted by arthropods and cause febrile, hemorrhagic, or reproductive diseases in animals. In recent years, unexplai...
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Great visualization with a story of a threatening reality faced by migratory birds, and how they resist the reality. https://t.co/R1YxPIBZEe
theguardian.com
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are...
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Oh yay! The tawny frogmouth is a very worthy winner of Bird of the Year 2025 (I voted for this bird). https://t.co/2xJI5MJCkP
theguardian.com
Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatoo
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The page for the proceedings for the 11th International Symposium on Avian Influenza is now live. Looking forward to seeing all those amazing articles once they are accepted! 👉 https://t.co/tSgRfUEXKn
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https://t.co/fbBXBbswbm podcast on the paper from Mathilde Richard’s team on a strategically designed broadly reactive H5 avian influenza vaccine
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A few of my tawny frogmouth photos, taken over the years, in honour of this bird winning 2025 Australian bird of the year. These are much-loved birds. Whenever I share a photo of these, there is a huge response.
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🐔🧬 AniMarkerDB opens a new era for animal genomics! Explore cell types & marker genes in livestock and poultry at single-cell resolution. 👉
biorxiv.org
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has dramatically advanced the understanding of cellular heterogeneity. While numerous marker gene databases are available for humans and mice, a lack of...
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Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! https://t.co/J5HekY1Pc0
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🐔 A newly identified chicken lncRNA (lncRNA-up4) boosts H9N2 influenza replication by dampening antiviral responses (IFN-β, MX1, OAS-1) and modulating cytokines. This highlights lncRNAs as key regulators of virus–host interactions in poultry. 🔗
veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com
Influenza A virus (IAV) poses a significant global health threat to both humans and animals. Increasing evidence highlights long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) as critical regulators of various physiolog...
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A very worthy winner of the guardian's bird of the year, probably the species I've photographed the most!
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Hydrate. Hustle. GO! CELSIUS HYDRATION - The ultimate hydration for every move. CELSIUS. LIVE. FIT. GO!
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🌏 Long-term genetic study of H10 avian influenza viruses in Taiwan reveals intense reassortment and frequent intercontinental gene flow between Eurasia and North America — highlighting the need for continued global surveillance. 🔗 https://t.co/4UPzAzdKq5
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Science Translational Medicine: An intramuscular prime and mucosal boost vaccine regimen protects against lethal clade 2.3.4.4b #H5N1 challenge in cynomolgus macaques Ninaad Lasrado et al 🐒 https://t.co/mhQfiWObJa
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Preparing for an evolving potential pandemic virus requires novel approaches to vaccine design. Fabulous work by Mathilde Richard’s team using central antigen design showing broad protection from antigenically diverse H5 avian influenzaviruses https://t.co/uJ9Ycf8RrY
@ErasmusMC
nature.com
Nature - A high-resolution antigenic map of influenza A(H5) haemagglutinin (HA) enables the design of immunogenic and antigenically central vaccine HA antigens that elicit antibody responses...
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The H5N1 panzootic continues unabated, with more species and individuals reported infected around the world every day. In this article, we show that the number of infected mammal species has increased by almost 50% in a little over a year.
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The Intelligence Briefing /The Convergence • 9PM–12AM CT. Repeat until 3AM CT. Worship music before main event! A global trigger was planned—was it stopped? Prophecy, power, pressure points converge. @jrliberty5 @InVestUSAOrg @JamesMSimpson Tune in NOW
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Randomly remembered this article that, instead of calculating confidence intervals for their error bars, just used the letter "T" on the end of each bar 🤣
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Evidence for infection of wild boar with H5 avian influenza viruses
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Out Now! Cross-neutralizing and potent human monoclonal antibodies against historical and emerging H5Nx influenza viruses https://t.co/eIL2eMqD5e
#Influenza #H5N1 #MonoclonalAntibodies
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HAVA complaint filed against Missouri Sec. of State Denny Hoskins 🔥 Hoskins ran his campaign for that office vowing to have honest elections - so far it appears to me he is failing: Missouri can’t say how many people voted! -The federal Election Assistance Commission:
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Mum and Dad are likely out hunting up breakfast and it looks a little bit chilly in Melbourne this morning. Not to worry ... these three know how to huddle together for warmth. #367Collins #PeregrineFalcons
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Case study where partial culling was employed following detection of HPAI. Successfully eliminated and no local spread occurred = an example for the implementation of separate epidemiological units with a high level of biosecurity. 👉 https://t.co/DX7h8UqPso
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